Kecoughtan HS - Mrs. Friesz's English 12

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My HW # is 848-2156 and email: bfriesz@sbo.hampton,k12.va.us. Please email questions regarding assignments.

Warriors - please visit this website http://www.kecoughtan.org to locate school information, event calendars, KHS news events, etc., but, most importantly, under the KHS Library are links for research. Mrs. Woods, our librarian, has worked diligently to provide students with valid search engines and sites to assist with research. There is also a link to the Hampton Public Library which adds additional research sites, especially "Find It Virginia." Happy Trails To You!

Welcome!

Welcome to second semester English 12 Mrs. Friesz. This semester students will study poetry, drama, prose, and formal oral presentations, while also building cloze reading, writing/analysis skills First on our agenda is Sonnets, then, Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We will also have outside reading assignments. Major Assignments will be posted on this site with due dates. Fourth Nine Weeks will end with my favorite and many previous students have also stated, their favorite assignment their: Senior Speech. I have posted some websites to assist students with research for this semester’s content.

Speeches start May 19, 2008 - but students will work on their topic, research, formal outline, and technology beginning the middle of April. Students will choose a book to read that relates to their topic and include information from the text in their 5-10 minute oral presentation. They must research their topic and support their topic with five sources. The topics have ranged from “Freshman 15” - to “Rock Climbing in Utah.” This is their topic choice! - but Appropriate. As we started the year - with their essay topic for their “college essay choice,” we end the year with their “topic choice.”

Reminders:

No work will be accepted late and if students are absent for a test or quiz, students must make up their work (if assigned previously), on the day of return. If it was assigned while they were absent, they have three days (G/W/G). There is a Black Appointment Book Available to Students - for appointments. Wednesdays from 2:45-3:30 is the normal make up day. If another day is needed, students must ask me if the date and time they desire is available, then make the appointment.”

If students are going on a field trip (or a pre-arranged) family trip, work must be completed and turned in prior to their trip (or the quiz/test) must be taken prior to their trip. Students must communicate and ask for assignments (earlier than - the afternoon prior to their field trip/pre-arranged trip).

Please email me if: K12Planet does not appear posted at least every two weeks, or if there are any concerns/questions - regarding assignments. Students may also sign up for K12Planet and have access. Please utilize this resource.

Remember this semester, Seniors, you have so many planned activities - Prom - After-Prom, Class Night, and the major date: June 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. - Graduation 08’. 08' Rates
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The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas - W5/W8 - TEST MAY 2, 2008

DISCLOSURE: THIS TEXT MUST BE BROUGHT TO CLASS DAILY FOR READING TIME.

READING/QUIZ DATES:

MARCH 27, 2008 - Handout - The Count of Monte Cristo (TCOMC) Historical Background/The Napoleonic Code Crowned By Time.

March 31, 2008 - Reading Dates/Quiz Dates/ - Test Date Announced + on board.
Students were to copy the dates.

SPRING BREAK - APRIL 7-11 - +MON - APRIL 14.
RETURN TO SCHOOL - TUES - APRIL 15, 2008 - GREEN DAY

QUIZ - APRIL 18, 2008 - WHITE DAY - CHAPTER 37 - XXXVII

QUIZ - APRIL 22, 2008 - WHITE DAY - CHAPTER - XLVIII

QUIZ - APRIL 24, 2008 - WHITE DAY - CHAPTER - LX

QUIZ - APRIL 28, 2008 - WHITE DAY - CHAPTER LXV

QUIZ - APRIL 30, 2008 - WHITE DAY - TO THE END!

BOOK MUST BE READ BY - WHITE DAY - APRIL 30, 2008

TEST - THE COUNT OF MONTE CRIST TEXT - MAY 2, 2008

AUTHOR: ALEXANDER DUMAS:
FIRST PUBLISHED: 1844 - 1845
FRAME: HISTORICAL:
1632-1715 - Absolute Monarchy Rule (Burbon Family).
1789-1799 - The French Revolution.
1792 - The First Republic was established.
1804-Napoleon founded the First Empire.
1814-Napoleon was exiled to Elba: Louis XVII came to power.
1815 - Napoleon returned to power, but was defeated at Waterloo.
Louis XVII regained the throne.
1848 - Revolutionist established the Second Republic.
1852 - Napoleon II founded the Second Empire.
1870-1871 - Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War.
The Third Republic is founded.

The Age of Absolutism: The power of the kings and their ministers grew steadily from 1500’s to 1700’s. The most power of the monarch’s Louis V, ruled with arrogant absolute authority attempting to extend his rule to all of Europe. In 1685, Louis canceled the Edict of Nates and began to persecute the Huguenots (Calvinist-Protestants) savagely: the French Monarch’s served the Catholic faith. About 200,000 Huguenots fled France, which weakened the country’s strong economy; and the construction of Louis’s grand Palace of Versailles along with a series of major wars, drained France’s finances.

The French Revolution: Later, King Louis XVI (1715-1774) called a meeting on May 5, 1779, of the Estates-General to win support for new taxes. The Estate-General was made up of representatives from the three estates, or classes - the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. The Social inequity and high taxes levied on the already “poor” class with no hope for a raise in their income sent the French to the streets crying “Liberty.” On July 4, 1979, a hugh crowd of Parisians captured the royal fortress called the Bastille. Louis XVI was forced to give into a new government - ruled by a Constitution which called for a limited monarch and a one-house legislature. Louis XvII (1772-1792) was part of the Bourbon Dynasty in rule in France.

The First Republic: A National Convention, chosen in an election open to nearly all adult French males, began on September, 21. 1792, and declared France a republic. Civil and foreign wars pushed the new republican government to extreme and violent measures. Radical leaders such as Maximilien, Robespierre, gained power. They said that “Terror was necessary to preserve liberty ( 2). Thousands of people were executed. In time, radicals began to struggle for power among themselves. Roberspierre was condemned by his enemies and executed. His death marked the end of the period - called the Reign of Terror.

Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte rose through the ranks of the army and became a general in 1973. In 1799, Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary French government and seized control of France. By 1812, the declared Emperor/Dictator - Napoleon’s forces had conquered most of Western and central Europe and he ruled as an effective administrator. He was known as a genius with cunning skills and a hunger for ambition. However, this overextension of his power, caused him in 1814 to give up his throne. He was exiled to Elba, however, in 1815 he returned to France again for about three months before his final defeat at Waterloo. In 1848, Napoleon’s nephew was elected to a four-year term. He seized greater power illegally and in 1851 declared himself president for 10 years. In 1852, he established the Second Empire and declared himself Emperor Napoleon III.

The Third Republic: After Prussian victories in 1870, the French revolted against Napoleon III. Then, in 1871 a National Assembly was elected and the Assembly voted to continue the republic government, however, a new constitution was written. This constitution helped to strengthened the economy and French explorers and soldiers won a vast colonial empire in Africa and Asia.